Mikel Arteta was left rueing his luck after ignoring a strong warning from Chris Sutton as Arsenal were hit with two major injury blows against Sporting Lisbon.
The north London side named a very strong starting XI to take on the Portuguese side at Emirates Stadium on Thursday evening. After drawing 2-2 in the first-leg, Arteta certainly set out his intentions not to leave the game to chance.
He may have regretted that decision very quickly as the Gunners were hit with two major injury blows against Sporting. First, Japanese international Takehiro Tomiyasu was withdrawn after lunging into a challenge.
